Bamborough Castle, Northumberland.

Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell. Published by W. Daniell, Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, July 1, 1822. Aquatint with fine original hand colour. 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"). Mint, with large margins, uncut. A view of Bamburgh Castle from the coast. During the Wars of the Roses, it became the first castle in England to be defeated by artillery, 1464. From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
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